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Hi there,
I'm going to be living in DC for the summer and have been trying to get volunteer positions in the hospitals; however, I have yet to hear from the hospitals since applying. So, I need to plan on having a back-up plan. I'm going to have to get a part-time job, even if that job has nothing to do with healthcare/medicine, so I can survive and eat.
I feel like my ECs and shadowing experience are pretty poor, and I really want to improve them over the next year. I guess, I just want to get an idea of what I should do so I can make an action plan. What type of ECs should I have? How many hours of shadowing? Do I need clinical experience?
In addition, I'm not sure how to go about finding physicians to shadow in the DC area while I'm there for the summer. Do I just cold call them? I saw a post about AOA mentors, but I couldn't find any in DC, so I'm not sure if there are any other resources
I'm going to be living in DC for the summer and have been trying to get volunteer positions in the hospitals; however, I have yet to hear from the hospitals since applying. So, I need to plan on having a back-up plan. I'm going to have to get a part-time job, even if that job has nothing to do with healthcare/medicine, so I can survive and eat.
I feel like my ECs and shadowing experience are pretty poor, and I really want to improve them over the next year. I guess, I just want to get an idea of what I should do so I can make an action plan. What type of ECs should I have? How many hours of shadowing? Do I need clinical experience?
In addition, I'm not sure how to go about finding physicians to shadow in the DC area while I'm there for the summer. Do I just cold call them? I saw a post about AOA mentors, but I couldn't find any in DC, so I'm not sure if there are any other resources
